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Israelis vote on October 27 in the sixth election since 2019. Here’s how the system works and who gets left out.
Israelis vote on October 27 in the sixth election since 2019. Here’s how the system works and who gets left out.
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<p>ONS data shows rate down from 4.9% but number of job vacancies continues to shrink</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/20/uk-unemployment-rate-pre-budget-boost-wages-vacancies-latest-news-updates">Business live – news updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Unemployment in the UK fell unexpectedly in the three months to August, to 4.7% from 4.9%.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics figures, which provide a backdrop to the budget on 28 October, also showed that the number of payrolled employees rose by 13,000 between August and September, to 30.3m.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/20/uk-unemployment-rate-surprise-drop">Continue reading...</a>
<p>After a protest clip went viral, a teenager’s life was torn apart by threats that sent her and her family into hiding. Plus, a book on citizen journalism</p><p>Before 24 July, a person I will call R was preoccupied with the ordinary routines of teenage life: experimenting with makeup,<strong> </strong>grumbling over mathematics homework<strong> </strong>and hanging out with friends at a tea stall.</p><p>That month, as the fever of student protests spread across the country, the 15-year-old watched on her phone as young people poured into Jantar Mantar, the designated protest site in Delhi, demanding education reform. She went too. But an 11-second video clip from the protest site, in which she made crude and profane remarks about the prime minister, Narendra Modi, upended her life.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/this-is-india-student-protests-abuse-modi-cockroach-protests">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Coroner says she’s considering adopting recommendations from Victoria’s cults inquiry as investigation into Elizabeth Struh’s death continues</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The coroner investigating the death of Elizabeth Struhs is considering adopting recommendations from Victoria’s cults inquiry, warning a “lack of curiosity” about her family’s religious beliefs was a “missed opportunity”.</p><p>Elizabeth, an eight-year-old, died on 7 January 2022 of diabetic ketoacidosis after her father ceased providing insulin to treat type 1 diabetes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/elizabeth-struhs-death-inquest-saints-religious-sect-coroner-evidence-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Online betting was the ‘direct and paramount’ cause behind Kyle Hudson’s decision to take his own life, inquest finds</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Kyle Hudson was “a young man brimming with promise”, with a loving and supportive partner, family and friends, and prospects.</p><p>“It was a near ideal picture – except for the grip that online sports betting had upon him,” the Victorian coroner Paul Lawrie said on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/kyle-hudson-inquest-victorian-coroner-gambling-online-betting-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>